Earlier this week, we shared some of the restaurants in town that are doing Thanksgiving take-out orders. But sometimes your dining room just won’t do, or you’re traveling and won’t have access to a kitchen. For those who want the full restaurant experience on Thanksgiving AJC rounded up restaurants in Atlanta that are serving a full Thanksgiving feasts next Thursday. Call now to book your reservations.
Both restaurants are offering a Thanksgiving buffet that spans through traditional offerings. The spread includes a turkey and prime rib carving station, roasted jalapeño mac n’ cheese, cranberry sauce, Southern-style potato salad and chocolate lava cake.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Price: $34.95 per person, $13.95 for each child 10 and under
10th & Piedmont: 404-602-5510 | G's: 404-872-8012
Zach Meloy spins Thanksgiving dishes into his usual creative and colorful dishes. The five-course tasting menu includes broccoli veloute, roasted sweet potato salad, sage butter poached turkey, cranberry ginger sorbet and a roasted pumpkin budin.
Hours: one seating at 7 p.m.
Price: $75 per person
404-695-4547
Chef de cuisine Joseph Macy is cooking up Thanksgiving with BLT Steak’s flair. The pre-fixe menu includes a choice of three main courses: roasted turkey, dry aged prime rib, or striped bass. Desserts stray from the original, such as a pumpkin tart or cranberry spiced bread pudding.
Hours: 1 to 7 p.m.
Price: $50 per adult, $35 per child
404-577-7601
Chef Linda Harrell is serving up an Italian-inspired Thanksgiving. The three-course dinner includes choices such as chestnut soup, Tuscan-roasted turkey breast, Italian sausage stuffing, baked ziti and polenta cornbread.
Hours: 12 to 6 p.m.
Price: $48 per person, $18 for each child 6 to 12 years old
404-250-8988
While they aren’t cooking FOR you, you can eat WITH Diesel. Bring a potluck dish to share, get a plate. The annual Thanksgiving potluck fills a 20-foot long table with neighborhood friends and their homemade creations. Last year’s feast featured 20 pounds of bacon.
Hours: begins at 7 p.m.
404-815-1820
Eleven Restaurant and Bar | Loews Atlanta Hotel
A five-course pre-fixe menu gives guests multiple options, such as fried oysters or short rib pastrami, roasted turkey, New York strip steak or miso-brined sea bass. Dessert features a pumpkin cheesecake or apple spice cake with orange sorbet.
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m.
Price: $69 per person, $30 for each child 12 years old & under
404-745-5745
Pass around the shared appetizers and family-style sides and choose your main course from either herb roasted turkey, maple and brown sugar ham or rosemary leg of lamb. Passable sides include sage and honey glazed carrots, braised collard greens, Southern creamed corn and black-eyed pea succotash.
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: $46 per person, $20 for each child 6 to 12 years old
404-497-9700
Livingston Restaurant + Bar | The Georgian Terrace Hotel
A buffet is the way to go, and chef Michael Semancik’s offerings include a turkey carving station, seasonal sides and a display of decadent desserts.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Price: $50 per person, $25 for each child 6 to 12 years old
404-897-5000
The Roswell outpost is offering a traditional Thanksgiving meal that includes a turkey dinner or ham dinner with five sides and dessert. Or opt for seafood and order the pecan encrusted rainbow trout with pan-seared shrimp, wild rice, seasonal vegetables and lemon buerre blanc.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Price: starting at $21.95
770-993-0299
Thanksgiving gets a French twist at Petite Auberge. Menu choices include turkey gumbo, filet of beef Wellington, snapper Provencal or chicken Florentine. Dessert is just as inventive and includes sweets such as strawberries a la Ramanoff or New Orleans chocolate bread pudding.
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: Ranges from $29.95 to $39.95
404-634-6268
Ray’s on the River | Ray’s at Killer Creek | Ray’s in the City
The buffet menu is extensive and includes both Thanksgiving traditions and Ray’s Restaurant favorites. A few off-the-cuff offerings include Waldorf salad, salmon pate, butternut squash soup, oyster cornbread stuffing, broiled flounder and wild rice pilaf.
Hours: 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Price: $42.95 per person, $21.95 for each child 5 to 10 years old
River: 770-955-1187 | Creek: 770-649-0064 | City: 404-524-9224
The “angry chef” is happy to cook up a Thanksgiving feast for the family. Sage, apple and honey-roasted turkey, green beans, buttermilk whipped potatoes and truffled creamed corn are a few of the offerings you’ll find on the menu.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: $45 per person, $20 for each child 5 to 12 years old, $28 for "holiday orphans" dining solo at the bar
404-347-9747
South City Kitchen Midtown | Vinings
Executive chef Chip Ulbrich prepare a Southern Thanksgiving meal that includes old Charleston she-crab soup, fried green tomatoes, roasted turkey breast, and shrimp and “red mule” grits.
Price: $45 per person, $22.50 for each child 12 years old & under
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Midtown), 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Vinings)
Midtown: 404-873-7358 | Vinings: 770-435-0700
Credit: Alexa Lampasona
Credit: Alexa Lampasona
The highest point in the city to celebrate Thanksgiving is at The Sundial, where you'll revolve 360 degrees throughout the course of your meal. Traditional offerings include roasted turkey, garlic green beans, sweet potato gratin, cranberry-cornbread stuffing, traditional gravy, and cranberry-orange gastrique. Pumpkin pie with whipped cream is an additional $9.
Hours: 11:30 a.m.- 3:45 p.m., 5- 8 p.m.
Price: $38 per person (a $25 non-refundable deposit will be taken upon the reservation)
404-659-1400
Sway | Hyatt Regency Atlanta
A three-course Thanksgiving supper will be served at Sway. Appetizers include deviled eggs and pimento cheese, main course features a maple-roasted turkey and sides include mashed potatoes, green beans and squash casserole.
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m.
Price: $28 per adult, $14 for each child six to 12
404-577-1234
Ted’s classic Thanksgiving feast includes a side salad, cup of soup or bison chili, whole roasted turkey, squash casserole and garlic mashed potatoes. Dessert features Ted’s famous apple pecan crisp, or children can choose a cookie. Bison meatloaf, cedar-planked salmon and other specialties will also be available.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Price: $25 per person, $12 per child's half-sized portion
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The Shed at Glenwood is serving up a supreme buffet of savory meats, sides and desserts. Choices include Gum Creek Farms ham, fried Springer Mountain chicken, mac and cheese gratin, beet salad, and oatmeal cranberry whoopie pies.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: $50 per person, $20 for each child 4 to 10 years old
404-835-4363
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